Finally - the only high-quality, easily accessible collection of these gravures on the internet.
Contains both PDFs (uncompressed) and JPEGs of:
1. The original yellowed page scans
2. High-contrast black and white images suitable for printing
Preview JPGs:
https://mega.nz/file/MwomSZSI#ZZcUAws1LPwRO3-6TgUIkIfG0BOBNWBcdBw24rN6Mms
https://mega.nz/file/Uh5QxZgI#jK29AFnb90jgbTvoxJEVgtJz2_DFPHhlLvGQCp3ofw0
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>Where were these scans taken from?
gallica.bnf.fr/
>How do I download images from gallica.bnf.fr?
According to the site's documentation (http://api.bnf.fr/api-iiif-de-recuperation-des-images-de-gallica), after opening the page you want the .jpg for, you change the URL like this -
From:
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b101005359/f23.item.zoom
To:
https://gallica.bnf.fr/iiif/ark:/12148/btv1b101005359/f23/full/full/0/native.jpg
To download an entire book you'd have to either select the pages you want by hand, or make some sort of script to get a string of URLs for all pages.
You can then quickly modify all of them into the .jpg URL by replacing the necessary parts in notepad.
Special thanks to the random french guy who showed me the website and its' documentation, and who also helped me download and sort the images (for some reason the filenames could get switched and mess up the order).
>How do I crop and color correct the hundreds of images I now have?
Very slowly, manually, and by neglecting schoolwork you have to turn in to university by next week holy fucking shit why did I spend so much time on this